Half to james mccormick



(No Model.)

B. H. REID.

MUD GUARD.

Patented June 28,1898.

ITED

ATENT union.

RANDOLPH II. REID, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO JAMES MCCORMICK, OF SAME PLACE.

MUD-GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 606,359, dated June 28, 1898.

Ap liafi fil d July 12, 1897. Serial No. 644,223. W0 model.)

invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in cycle attachments, and has more particular relation to detachable mud-guards.

The invention consists of certain novel construction, combinations, and arrangements of parts, all of which will be hereinafter more particularly set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a view of a portion of a bicycle-with my invention applied thereto. Fig. '2 represents an enlarged detail perspective view taken from the rear of my improved mud-guard. Fig. 3 represents a central vertical section through said improved guard, and Fig. 4represents a detail perspective view of the auxiliary back.

' l in the drawings represents the rear fork of the cycle; 2, the box or casin g of my improved guard; 3 3, the adjustable side clamps; 4, the middle clamp; 5, the flexible guard proper, and 6 G the bar or rod sections. The said casing 2 is preferably constructed of metal and is provided in its upper end with a transverse slot 7, through which the flexible guard 5 is adapted to pass as it unwinds from a suitable spring-roller S, j ournaled within the easing. The said casing is extended just below the slot 7 to form a scraping-Mp9, which engages the under side of the guard 5, and thus scrapes the mud or dirt therefrom when said guard is being wound upon the roller 8, thus preventing the dirt from passing into the easing. The side clamping-arms 3 each @0111- prise a semicircular portion 10 and straight slotted portion 11, the latter being detachably connected to the rear of an auxiliary back 21 by thumb-screws 12, which pass through the respective slots, whereby said clamps maybe adjusted in or out, according to the frame of the machine to which they are to be attached.

The middle clamp 4, which is also mounted upon the auxiliary back, is adapted to fit over the horizontal brace-rod connecting the tubes of the rear fork of the frame and is provided with a thumb-screw 13, which engages said brace-piece to hold the device in position. Said auxiliary back 21 is provided at each end with a curved slotted arm 22, said arms being connected adjustably to the ends of the casing 8 by thumb-screws 23, passed through said slots and into said casing 8. By this means the auxiliary back m ay be tipped to suit the inclinations of the different frames. The upper portion of the casing 2 is provided with an auxiliary plate 14, having a square socket 15 formed therein as a keeper. This socket is intended for the reception of the inner end of one of, the square rod-sections 6 6. These latter sections are hinged together at their meeting edges, so that they can be doubled into a compact space when the guard is not in use. The end of the guard 5, which is preferably constructed of canvas or thin rub her, is provided with a stiffened cross-bar 16, to which is attached a plate 17, having a square socket 18 formed therein as a keeper for the reception of the end of one of the rod sections 6 6, the ends of the bar or rod when occupying their keeper being immovably held therein, for which purpose said ends are preferably made slightly tapering. A square sleeve 19 is mounted upon the rod-sections 6 6, so that it may be slipped over the hinged joint of the same when they are extended to hold them in this extended position. The casing 2 is provided with a suitable slide 20, whereby the interior may be reached to remove any dus't, dirt, or other foreign sub stance which may accidentally pass into the same with the guard 5.

It will be observed from the foregoing de scription that when it is desired to use the guard the stiffening-strip 16 is grasped and the guard 5 pulled from the casing against the tension of spring-roller 8. The respective ends of the rod-section 6 6 are then slipped into their respective square sockets and the guard is thus held in position. The said rodsection 6 (3 is held firmly in position because of the spring tension of the roller 8, which is always drawing upon the guard 5 when the same is withdrawn from the casing. The peculiar square structure of the rod 6 G and the sockets into which they fiteffectually prevents the turning of the guard When the same is extended. By the adjustable structure of the side clamps 3 3 my improved guard may be applied to any style of machine 110W upon the market by simply slipping said clamps over the tube of the rear fork.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a mud-guard, a casing, an auxiliary back adapted to be secured to the bicycleframe, and an adjustable securing device bei to the frame of a wheel, a roller in said casing, and a flexible guard wound upon said roller, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this i specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RANDOLPH H. REID. lVitnesses:

THOMAS J MCCORMICK, FREDK. S. Fox. 

